salar

v.

1 to salt.

2 to add salt to.

3 to spoil, to ruin. (Central American Spanish, Carib, Mexican Spanish)

4 to put salt in, to salt, to season with salt, to treat with salt.

María sala la sopa Mary puts salt in the soup.

5 to cure with salt, to preserve in salt, to corn, to dry-and-salt.

Ellos salan los cortes de res They cure with salt the beef cuts.

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salar

► verbo transitivo

1 (curar) to salt

2 (sazonar) to salt, add salt to

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verb

to salt

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I

SM And, Cono Sur (=yacimiento) salt flat, salt pan; (=mina) salt mine

II

1. VT

1) (Culin) [para poner salado] to add salt to, put salt in; [para conservar] to salt

2) LAm (=arruinar) to ruin, spoil; (=gafar) to bring bad luck to, jinx *; (=maldecir) to curse, wish bad luck on

3) And [+ ganado] to feed salt to

4) CAm, Caribe (=deshonrar) to dishonour

2.

See:

salarse

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I 1.

verbo transitivo

a) (para conservar) <carne/pescado> to salt (down); <pieles> to salt

b) (para condimentar) to salt, add salt to

2.

salarse v pron (Méx fam) (echarse a perder) planes to fall through; negocio to go bust

se me salaron las vacaciones — my vacation plans fell through

II

masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat

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= salt.

Ex. My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.

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I 1.

verbo transitivo

a) (para conservar) <carne/pescado> to salt (down); <pieles> to salt

b) (para condimentar) to salt, add salt to

2.

salarse v pron (Méx fam) (echarse a perder) planes to fall through; negocio to go bust

se me salaron las vacaciones — my vacation plans fell through

II

masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat

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= salt.

Ex: My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.

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salar¹ [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (para conservar) ‹carne/pescado› to salt, salt down; ‹pieles› to salt

2 (para condimentar) to salt, add salt to

B (Col arg) ‹novato/alumno› to play a joke on, to haze (AmE)

■ salarse

v pron

(Méx fam) (echarse a perder): se me salaron las vacaciones my vacation plans fell through o were ruined

se le saló el negocio his business went down the drain

salar²

masculine

(Chi)

salt pan, salt flat

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salar 1 (conjugate salar) verbo transitivo

a) (para conservar) ‹carne/pescado› to salt (down);

‹pieles› to salt

b) (para condimentar) to salt, add salt to

salarse verbo pronominal (Méx fam) (echarse a perder) [planes] to fall through;
[negocio] to go bust
salar 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat
salar
I verbo transitivo
1 (echar sal a una comida) to add salt to
2 (poner en salazón) to salt
3 LAm fam (estropear, desgraciar) to spoil, ruin
4 LAm (dar o causar mala suerte) to bring bad luck to
II m (salina, terreno estéril)
'salar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salazón
English:
salt

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salar¹ vt

1. [para conservar] to salt

2. [para cocinar] to add salt to

3. CAm, Carib, Méx [echar a perder] to spoil, to ruin;

[causar mala suerte] to bring bad luck to

salar² nm

salt flat

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salar

I v/t add salt to, salt; para conservar salt

II m Arg

salt mine

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salar vt

1) : to salt

2) : to spoil, to ruin

3) CoRi, Mex : to jinx, to bring bad luck